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A Beautiful Mind Clip. http:// www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BKV1SxfmeYQ. John Nash Nobel Peace Prize in Math 1928. What he did: His math theories are used in economics, biology, accounting, politics, and military theory. what's so crazy about him? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A Beautiful Mind Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BKV1SxfmeYQ
John NashNobel Peace Prize in Math
1928
What he did:His math theories are used in
economics, biology, accounting, politics, and military theory.
what's so crazy about him?The movie, A Beautiful Mind, is loosely based on Nash’s struggle with paranoid schizophrenia.
He suffered from extreme paranoia (thought all men in red ties were communist conspirers), heard voices, and spoke in different characters. Placed into a mental hospital against his will and “faked sanity” to be released.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqj1DhUKJco
A Beautiful Mind Schizophrenia
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What he did:Tycho Brahe catalogued the motion of every star and planet which helped to create the laws of planetary motion. He is considered to have been essential in setting the stage of the scientific revolution.
what's so crazy about him?When he was 20 he got into a duel with a man in a pitch black room and lost his nose in the process. He was known for employing a dwarf named Jepp who Brahe thought was psychic. Jepp's full-time job consisted of wearing a jester's outfit, sitting under the table at dinner. He also had a pet moose that would attend his parties.
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What he did:Yes, this is the guy who came up with the Pythagorean theorem we all learned in school.Pythagoras was the first high-profile teacher to insist that natural phenomena could be explained mathematically. This paved the way for the study of physics.
what's so crazy about him?Pythagoras created his own religion with commandments like:-do not, under any circumstance eat beans-smooth out any indents that your body makes on a pillow or bed-do not step over a crossbar
His work with math only involved whole numbers because decimals didn’t exist. When a guy named Hippasus discovered Pythagoras’ theories didn’t always work, Pythagoras had people kidnap and kill him.
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Lord Byron Video Clip
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What he did:Lord Byron published his first poetic work at 14. Best known for his poem “Don Juan.”
what's so crazy about him?When Byron arrived at Cambridge he was ordered to send his dog back home because having one was against school rules. Desperate for a pet, Byron searched policies for an animal not forbidden and found no reference to bears. The bear stayed in Byron’s dorm room. He walked the bear on a leash through campus, terrifying students and professors, and even tried to get his pet a fellowship.Later in life friends reported that his home contained:-10 horses -3 monkeys -5 cats -an eagle -a crow-8 dogs -a falcon -5 peacocks -2 hen -a craneHe also like to play war admiral. He constructed two forts on the edge of his lake with a fleet of toy ships. He would spends days directing and even had his servant sit in a small boat and play along with him.
Michelangelo Video Clip
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Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian Renaissance Painter
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What he did:Best known for his painting on the Sistine Chapel, sculpture (the Statue of David), and architecture (St. Peter’s Basilica).
what's so crazy about him?
He very rarely bathed or changed clothes, and would even sleep in his shoes.
Michelangelo hated speaking to others and would end conversations by walking away in the middle of them.
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Nikola Tesla Video Clip
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What he did:Played a major part in harnessing the power of electricity.Worked with Thomas Edison.
what's so crazy about him?Afraid of: anything round, which made his job as an engineer trickyHated: human hair, jewelry, and germsClaimed: to have built a “death ray” and to be in communication with other planetsObsession: the number three – before entering a building, he would walk around the block 3 times, insisted on hotel rooms divisible by 3, and at meals would use 18 napkins (3 stacks of 6)
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What he did:Produced more than 2,100 pieces of art:-860 oil paintings-1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and printsMost famous work: The Starry Night
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Isaac Newton Video Clip
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